How to pronounce “plethora”
Say “plethora” in 3 beats
plethora
/ˈplɛθɚə/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /plɛθəɹə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- pletplɛstress
- horθɚ
- aə
- IPA (American)
- /ˈplɛθɚə/
- IPA (British)
- /plɛθəɹə/
- Also accepted
- /pləˈθɔɹə/
- Respelling
- PLE-thuh-uh
- Syllables
- 3 — PLET-hor-a
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: PLET-hor-a. “plet” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈplɛθɚə/
/plɛθəɹə/
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What “plethora” means
- noun
extreme excess
“an embarrassment of riches”
Say it in a sentence
“There is a plethora of courgettes again this August.”The sounds inside this word
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“plethora”, answered
How do you pronounce “plethora”?
“plethora” is pronounced /ˈplɛθɚə/ (PLE-thuh-uh) in American English and /plɛθəɹə/ in British English, and /pləˈθɔɹə/ is also accepted — 3 syllables, stressed on “plet”. Build it as PLET-hor-a, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “plethora” have?
3: plet · hor · a. The beat lands on the first, “plet”.
Is “plethora” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈplɛθɚə/ (PLE-thuh-uh); British English says /plɛθəɹə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “plethora” mean?
As a noun: extreme excess For example: “an embarrassment of riches”
Where is the stress in “plethora”?
Stress the first syllable: PLET-hor-a. “plet” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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